Students put objects and materials into groups based on their observable properties, test materials for strength and absorbency, and use their results to make a boat that can hold the most pennies ...

For example, in a study conducted by myself and my colleagues, we found that when community parents were concerned about their Grade 2 ... a standardized word reading test. An additional number ...

These children may also experience difficulty with reading, writing, and speaking. In math, however, their language problem is confounded by the inherently difficult terminology, some of which ...

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But before the final bell rings, students in elementary and middle school have one last hurdle to leap: The state’s End-of-Grade ... tests measure a student's proficiency in math and reading ...

NGSS 2-PS1-1: Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties. Students help design an absorbency test to see if they can observe ...

State test results released Wednesday show growth in reading and math and record graduation rates, but problems in math and ...

"She thought winning was important but the love in her is much more important than all the games," said one second-grader.

Only 17% of third-to-eighth-grade teachers said ... texts and standardized tests for over two decades," said The Atlantic. As a result, teachers shifted from reading books to short passages ...

English teacher Leila Wheless says many of her students expect "things should be easy, entertaining, immediately accessible, ...

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